Clothes-pin.



G. S. POLLOCK. CLOTHES PIN. APPLIGATIOILFILED JULY23,\1909.'

nmntoz Patented May 17; 3910.

. a olieation filed Serial I i I .1

' hereinafter set forth a wire clothes 'pin hav ing as an integral partthereof a pair of inter-engaging spring clamps automatically movable toclamping position when released whereby the clothes or other objectsupon the line or other support will he securel tilted thereto. Furtherobjects of the invention are to provide in manner as hereinafter setforth a wire clot-hes pin which shall be simple in V its construction,strong, durable, eliicient in its use, inexpensive to manufacture, andconveniently used.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists ofthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing,wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of too invention, but it is tobe understood phanges, variations, and modifications can heresorted towhich fall Wit the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote correspondingarts throughout the several views, and in w ich, Figure l. a perspectiveView of a.clothes pin in accordance with this inventio 2 is a sideelevation, and Fig. 3 isag'similar view showing in "full lines-theclamps in operative position and in dotted lines in inrmera iveposition.

The clothes pin in accordance with this invention formed from a singlelength of spring wire which is bent upon itself to pro- Vlde a springloop and apair of duplex clamping The members of one duplex clampingindicated by thereference characters 5 and the members of the otherduplex clamping arm are indicated by the reference characters 5, Themembers 3, i are connected together at their lower ends by aSQHIl-(ll'fllllfll coupling-piece 7 which terminates in avertically-disposed semithe -e circular-extension 8 which merges as atSlin 5.5 of the members 3, t;- The coupling piece '2 is disposed atright angles with respect to the extensi 'lhe members 5., 6

' of the other copies: clamping arm are dis connected at the? lower endsand the said members stout against each other and extend between themembers 8, 4 of the other duplex arm. Each of the duplex arms is formedupon an ogee curve and at their top terminate in the spring loop 1. Thelower portion or the members 5, 6 when the pin is in itsoperativeposition extendswithin and engages the semi-circular coupling-piece 7. I@lie reference character 10 denotes a clothes line which when the pin isin an operative position extends through the opening 11 formed betweenthe curved portions 12 of the duplex arms when the said arms interengagein the manner as shown in Fig. 1. The clothes which are indicated by theQreference character 13 are adapted to be clamped upon the line by thecurved por tions 12, the lower portion 14; of the memhere 5, S, thecoupling-piece 7, and the extension 8, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, andwhen the pin is in the position as shown in. Fig. 3 the clothes aresecurely clamped to the line by the pin.

When it is desired to release the clothes from the line 10 the lowerportions of the duplex arms are spread apart or pulled apart inthe'manner as indicated by the dottedline in Fig. 3 and the pin 'canthenbe removed from the line thereby releasing the manner as shown. theclamping arms when released, that is to say," itlhey' have been pulled.apart, .will automatically return to clamping position and engage theclothes and the line, so as to securelyretainthe clothes upon the line.The clamping arms not only secure the clothes in position but furtherconstitute :1 means tor maintaining; the pin in upright position.

What I claim is:

A clothes pin comprising a single length of wire bent upon itself toprovide a spring loop terminating in a pair of clampln'g members ofo-g'ee curvature oppositely disposed with respect to ear-h other, eaehof said members consisting of a pair of ,arihs, the arms of one of saidmembers crossing at three points and. depemling below the arms of theother of said members, and said arms and said members roviding a passagefor the line between t e two upper crossing points, said shortermemberhaving each of Its arms terminating at its lower end in a 5vertically-disposed semi-circular extension, one arranged in parallelismwith the other and both extending in vertical planes to one side of aVertical plane extending through the center of the pin, said extensionsat their to lower ends terminating in a semi-circular coupling memberdisposed in a plane at tensions and surrounding and constituting a stopfor the lower ends of the arms of the elongated member, said membersadapted to clamp aline' in said passage.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

GRANT S. POLLOOK. Witnesses:

MAX H. SRoLovrrz, A.- T. PAYNE.

